Three Kingdoms King of the North

Xun Yu glanced at the Zhaoye Jade Lion reluctantly, and said hard-heartedly, "That's right, Captain Zhao, it's getting late, let's rush to the barracks now." After finishing speaking, he didn't turn his head back He walked towards the carriage parked beside him.

Qu Shuai of the Yellow Turban Army, surnamed Lan and named Erqi, was riding a bay red horse on the rugged mountain road at the moment, followed by four horses, four leaders with yellow scarves on their heads and depressed expressions.

Lan Erqi was originally a soldier under the hero general Zhang Liang.After Zhang Liang died in the battle of Guangzong, he escaped by chance and hid in the Taihang Mountains. He gathered a group of leaking fish to occupy the mountain as king, and made a living by looting houses and blocking roads.

In the fifth year of Zhongping (188), the rest of the Yellow Turbans revolted again. Lan Erqi, who was staying in the deep mountains, did not get the news of the Yellow Turbans' uprising in time because of lack of news.When he got the news and left the Taihang Mountains with his troops, the Yellow Turban Army had been suppressed by the court again, but he took the opportunity to incorporate more than 2000 scattered Yellow Turban Army troops.

He knew that with only the thousands of Yellow Turbans in his hands, if he wanted to fight against the hundreds of thousands of troops of the imperial court, it would be like hitting a stone with a pebble.So in the past three years, he just robbed nearby villages to replenish his troops and supplies, or led troops to those counties with weak defenses to extort money and food, and Sheguo County was one of them.

He clearly remembered that last month when he brought [-] Yellow Turban troops outside Sheguo County to collect money and food, the county magistrate and county lieutenant in the city had the audacity to bring [-] county soldiers out of the city to fight.After a fierce battle, less than a hundred of the county soldiers who went out to fight against the city survived, and even the county magistrate and county lieutenant died in battle.

He was going to lead troops to attack the county seat, but Huahu, the head of the county, sent someone to make peace, and was willing to give [-] hu of grain to make him retreat.At that time, there was a shortage of food in the cottage, so he took the batch of food and grass, and returned to the cottage with his troops.

A month later, the spies reported that Sheguo County had a new county magistrate, and that the city wall was being repaired with great fanfare.As soon as Lan Erqi heard it, he knew it was to defend himself.So he decided to strike preemptively and lead troops to loot the city before the repair of the city wall in Sheguo County was completed.

I didn't expect that I was still on the way, and the city was on guard.Before the official siege started on the first day, he was attacked by a group of officers and soldiers of unknown origin, so he had to withdraw his troops temporarily, and spent the night in the nearby valley.

The next day, they regrouped and attacked the city again. Seeing that the city was in sight, another cavalry of officers and soldiers charged from behind.Fortunately, he was clever, and seeing that the situation was not good, he took a few cronies and fled away.Otherwise, his head might already be hanging on the head of Sheguo County at this moment.

The leader closest to Lan Erqi, because he has a big bald head, is known as Baldy Lan, and he is Lan Erqi's distant cousin.He looked at the listless companions around him, hurriedly stepped forward to join Lan Erqi, and asked in a low voice, "Brother, where are we going next?"

Lan Erqi sighed, and said: "It seems impossible to go back to the village. We can only continue to go west, cross the Zhangshui River, and go to Huguan. There is a yellow scarf there. I hope they can see it for the sake of the same sect. Accept us."

Chapter 0062 The old grudge

While Lan Erqi was talking, he suddenly felt something was wrong. After walking on this road for a long time, except for the sound of their horses' hooves stepping on the mountain road, the surrounding area was unexpectedly silent.He listened carefully, but there was no movement except the sound of the wind blowing through the forest.Quiet, it's so quiet, it's so quiet that it makes people feel hairy.

Walking forward for a while, I felt my heart tightening for no reason, my scalp was numb, and a cold air ran up the spine from the tailbone.He felt that there seemed to be a dangerous beast hidden in the woods and grass on both sides of the mountain road. As long as he took a few steps forward, he would pounce and tear himself to pieces.

He hastily pulled the reins and stopped the horse.Baldy Lan saw him stop, and asked curiously, "Brother, why don't you keep going?"

Erqi pouted forward and said, "I think something is wrong in front, you can send someone to check."

Baldy is also a veteran of roadblocking and robbery. Hearing what Er Qi said, his heart immediately became alert.He looked at the woods and bushes on both sides of the mountain road in front of him, and suddenly felt a creepy feeling. He couldn't help shivering, and then called a leader behind him: "Go ahead and explore the road."

The leader who was called also sensed that something was wrong in front of him. Although he was extremely reluctant to do the job of scouting the road, there was nothing he could do at the moment. Who told him that he was the lowest among the few people.He clenched the spear in his hand, flicked the rein to urge the mount, passed Er Qi brothers, and searched forward carefully.

The leader rode his horse forward for more than ten zhang, and suddenly a sharp arrow flew out from the nearby forest, passing through his neck impartially.The spear in the leader's hand landed on the mountain road with a clatter, and he covered his pierced neck with his hands, without even groaning, he fell heavily from the horse on his back.

"No, there's an ambush, run!" Lan Erqi saw that the leader of his subordinates was shot dead by a cold arrow flying out of the forest, and was frightened out of his wits. After yelling, he turned his horse's head and ran away.Their three subordinates also turned their horses around and followed closely behind.

But just after running far, Lan Erqi reined in his horse, and he found that there were twenty or thirty bandits armed with knives and guns, blocking the mountain road in front of them tightly.

"Brother, there is an ambush." ​​Baldy Lan waved the weapon in his hand and shouted loudly: "Let's kill it!"

"Kill what?" Er Qi glared at the stupid brother, and said angrily, "There are only four of us, and the other party has 30 people. Can we beat it? Turn around and go back." The four of them turned their horses again. , heading towards the road just now.

Unexpectedly, there were more bandits on this side of the mountain road. Not only the mountain road was full of bandits holding knives and guns, but also bandits with bows and arrows stood on the hillsides on both sides.The body of the yellow scarf leader who was shot to death has been thrown aside, and the mount was also ridden on the crotch by a sturdy bandit leader.

Lan Erqi knew that in the situation before him, it would be even more difficult to break out of the encirclement with just the four of him.He rolled his eyes, and immediately thought of a new trick, hurriedly urged his horse forward, and said to the other bandit leader: "I am the Yellow Turban Army Commander Qu Shuai Lan Erqi, I have no grievances with you in the past, and I have no hatred in the present, I don't know why Are you going to block our way?"

The bandit leader riding on horseback was still looking lazy at first, but after hearing Lan Erqi's self-reported name, his eyes suddenly widened. He sat up straight and looked at Lan Erqi and asked: " Are you a subordinate of Zhang Liang, the former hero general?"

"That's right, that's right," Lan Erqi heard the other party call out the name of the former lord, as if seeing a glimmer of life, he hurriedly replied: "I was indeed the general's personal soldier in the past, could it be that you know my lord. "

Unexpectedly, after the bandit leader confirmed Lan Erqi's identity, his brows were raised upright, his eyes were full of anger, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Lan Erqi, I have been looking for you for so many years, but I didn't expect to meet you here." It's your turn." He turned his head to the left and right and ordered loudly: "I will kill all the others except this leader."

Baldy Lan is going to kill the bandit leader if he sees a disagreement, so how can he sit still and wait for death?He roared, brandishing his weapon, and was about to charge forward. Unexpectedly, the archers on the hillsides on both sides opened their bows and released arrows at the same time, and a dozen of them immediately shot Lan Bald and the two leaders off their horses.Then a few minions from the bandits standing on the opposite side rushed over, waving the weapons in their hands, and chopped up the blue bald and others who were not completely dead. The next level returned to the queue of bandits with his head in his hands.

When Lan Erqi saw that his three subordinates had turned into three piles of mud in an instant, he was frightened out of his wits, hurriedly got off his horse, kowtowed to the bandit leader opposite, and said: "My lord, spare me, my lord!"

The bandit leader ordered the left and right: "Little ones, take him down!"

The left and right minions hurried forward, pulled Lan Erqi off the horse, and tied him up with ropes.

The bandit leader got off his horse and slowly came to Lan Erqi, snorted coldly, and said, "Lan Erqi, it really is you, a thief. Open your dog eyes and you still recognize me as who?"

Lan Erqi raised his head and carefully looked at the burly bandit leader with beards in front of him, trying to think where he had seen him before.But after thinking about it for a long time, he still couldn't figure out why, so he could only shake his head, and replied with fear: "The little one has never seen the king before."

"Little ones," the bandit leader glanced at his subordinates on the left and right, and then said, "Do you know who I am?"

What he said stunned the left and right minions, and everyone looked at each other, not knowing how to answer.Fortunately, a clever minion asked very cooperatively: "My lord, who are you?"

The bandit leader straightened his back and said, "My surname is Sun and my name is Liang. I used to be the county lieutenant of Anping County. After the rebellion, Zhang Jiao, General of Tiangong, and Zhang Liang, General of Rengong, occupied Anping State in Jizhou and captured Anping King Liu Xu. I brought The Lord Weng escaped from Anping secretly in the dark, but he was intercepted and killed by the dog thief on the way. After a fierce battle, except for me who escaped the siege by chance, all the twenty or so brothers who accompanied me were killed. , and even the whereabouts of the old man is unknown. I fled here, met the original mountain king Jiedao, killed him with a knife, occupied his stockade, and became a bandit here. I have fallen into such a field today, I am Thanks to this man."

Hearing what Sun Liang said, Lan Erqi remembered that a few years ago, he was indeed ordered by Zhang Liang to hunt down King Anping's daughter.After a fierce battle, although almost all the opponents were killed, more than 50 people were killed and injured.I didn't expect to meet my enemy here today, it's really a narrow road to enemies.

Thinking that he would die anyway, he raised his head and said with a dignified look: "Since it fell into your hands, I never thought of leaving alive. If you want to kill or cut, it's up to you. "

Sun Liang snorted: "It's not that easy to want to die. Wouldn't it be cheaper for you to kill you with one knife." Then he ordered his subordinates, "Take him back to the village, and after I visit the Lord Weng, I will pay you back." Open him up and dig out his heart, and pay homage to the old master."

Chapter 0063 Hu Cha's Choice

Han Zhan didn't know that Lan Erqi, the commander of Huangjinqu who escaped, had already fallen into the hands of Sun Liang, who was once Anping County Captain.At this moment, he was entertaining guests in the backyard of the county government, busy entertaining those Hu Cha and others who had played an important role in defending the county.Despite the fact that today's guests are all big businessmen, Han Zhan was very polite to them.

Han Zhan raised the wine baron that was placed on the table, and signaled to the guests present: "You all contributed a lot to wipe out the visiting yellow scarf thieves today. I respect you all. Please!" After finishing speaking, he raised his head Do it first.

Seeing that Han Zhan had drank the wine in one gulp, everyone dared not be negligent, and hurriedly said: "Please!" With the sound of a piece of clothes rustling, they all drank it.

Since Xun Yu and Zhao Yun were still busy in the barracks, only Master Hua accompanied them.He got up and poured wine for Han Zhan himself, and said to everyone with a smile: "Everyone, although you are young, you are very courageous. Have any of you ever seen such a county magistrate who dared to kiss Shi Shishi at the top of the city?" Supervise the battle bravely?" As he spoke, he raised the cup of wine in his hand high, "For the sake of Mr. Han, let's have another drink."

If at the last banquet, the politeness shown by everyone to Han Zhan was only superficial, but now it is respect from the bottom of their hearts.Everyone knew in their hearts that as long as this courageous county magistrate stayed in Sheguo County for a day, their wealth and life would be guaranteed, so everyone raised their wine cups together and said in unison: "For the sake of Mr. Han, do everything!" !"

Although Han Zhan never liked this kind of socializing, he knew very well in his heart that if he wanted to gain a firm foothold in Sheguo County and slowly develop his own power, he had to establish a good relationship with the local wealthy businessmen.Just imagine, if Hu Cha didn't take the lead in donating money, how would I have raised enough funds to repair the city wall; if I didn't have the gold cake presented by Hu Cha, how would I have the money to let Zhao Yun return to the real world to recruit soldiers?

What's more, most of the rich businessmen in Sheguo County follow Hu Cha's lead.To make a good Hucha is to be recognized by the wealthy businessmen in the whole county.He smiled at Hu Cha and raised the cup of wine, "How can I be so worthy of your praise. Mr. Hu deserves the greatest credit for defeating the Yellow Turban Bandits today. Mr. Hu, please drink this wine to the full. Jazz." After finishing speaking, he and Hu Cha raised the wine bar and drank it all.

"Your envoy," Hu Cha put down the bar, and said to Han Zhan in a flattering tone, "I don't think there are any maids by your side, but only a bunch of servants. They are all rough people. How can they know how to take care of others? The family has bought a few new singers, if the envoy does not dislike them, Cao Min is willing to send them to the county government to serve the envoy."

When Han Zhan heard that Hu Cha was planning to present several singers to himself, his heart beat faster than expected.Even though he is only 17 years old now, his actual age in future generations will be almost thirty. Hearing that someone wants to give him a beautiful woman, there is no reason not to be tempted.But before he could speak, another wealthy businessman sitting next to Hu Cha also said: "I want to tell you, there are also some singers in Caomin's family, and they are quite beautiful. Caomin also wants to send them to the envoy." .”

Han Zhan was dumbfounded when he heard that, what is the situation, the two of them are rushing to give him a woman?Originally, he wanted to accept the singers presented by Hu Cha half-heartedly and let them take care of his life.Seeing that there are other businessmen who want to give them away, they quickly dismissed the idea. Once they accept the singers from these two people, other wealthy businessmen will follow suit, and everyone will give them singers. It won't be long before my backyard becomes a kingdom of daughters.

In order not to upset Hu Cha's self-esteem, he deliberately changed the topic and asked: "Mr. Hu, I once heard that Chen Liu had a filial and honest Wei Hong who spared money and gave righteousness to others. Crusade against Dong Zhuo, I wonder if you have heard of this person before?"

"To tell you the truth, Cha and Wei Hong are old friends." Hu Cha said to Han Zhan: "When Cao Mengde arrived in Chenliu, he personally invited Wei Zixu to a banquet. After a long conversation, Zixu believed that he would be able to calm down the world in the future. Cao Mengde is none other than Cao Mengde. In order to help Cao Mengde recruit troops, Wei Hong not only dispersed his family property, but also traveled all over Chenliu and neighboring counties and counties, and helped Cao Mengde recruit [-] new soldiers."

Hearing that Wei Hong helped Cao Cao recruit [-] recruits as soon as he made a move, Han Zhan couldn't help feeling jealous.He tried his best to recall his memories about Wei Hong, and felt that he had somehow disappeared after helping Cao Cao recruit soldiers.Therefore, after toasting Hu Cha again, he asked curiously, "Mr. Hu, where is Wei Hong now?"

Hearing Han Zhan's question, Hu Cha put the wine jue in his hand on the table, sighed and said, "Alas, last year Cao Mengde led his troops from Suanzao and marched into Chenggao. It was the same as Dong Zhuo's general Xu Rong's army. , A fierce battle started on the banks of the Bianshui River near Xingyang.

Before Cao's army finished forming, Xu Rong waved his army and launched an attack.Cao Jun was in chaos, and Cao Cao was also injured by random arrows, and even his mount was shot to death by random arrows.Fortunately, Cao Hong, his subordinate, gave up his mount to cover him and desperately broke out of the encirclement.And Wei Hong, who was broken, died in the chaos. "

Knowing that one of the most famous wealthy businessmen in the Three Kingdoms period actually died on the battlefield, Han Zhan couldn't help sighing, feeling that his death was a pity.Seeing Han Zheng's regretful expression, Hu Cha secretly guessed in his heart: Is there any special intention for Mr. Han to mention Wei Hong to me suddenly?Is he going to ask me to donate my property to help him recruit recruits?

Hua Hu, who was sitting by the side, had been observing Han Zhan and Hu Cha. Seeing that Hu Cha was sitting in a daze, he didn't know what happened, so he quickly got up and took the opportunity to pour wine, and asked softly, "Brother Hu, what are you doing?" Suddenly frowning, did something happen?"

Hu Cha glanced at Han Zhan quickly, and saw that the other party was toasting another wealthy businessman, so he lowered his voice and said to Hua Hu: "Just now, the envoy suddenly mentioned Wei Hong."